Cheval Blanc is LVMH's hotel brand and it shows. The Randheli property in Noonu Atoll opened in 2013 — four years before the Maison in Paris — and it announced the group's intention to treat the Maldives as Paris and Courchevel are treated: a single house with a signed design, a couture-level service model, and a chef the parent company helicopters in.
Forty-five villas. Five island clusters. Twin overwater spas — most Maldives resorts have one spa; Randheli has two, and they have different programmes. The Bois Bleu Spa is overwater and clinical: hydrotherapy circuits, marine treatments, Guerlain. The Sands Spa is on the beach and elemental: yoga pavilion, hammam, henna. Couples often book both, on different days.
"The wine list reads like a Parisian three-star — because the sommelier was poached from one."
There are four restaurants — a Diane (the white-tablecloth signature), a Deelani (overwater Maldivian-Mediterranean), a Le 1947 (the chef's table; named after the Maison-defining Cheval Blanc vintage), and a White Bar. The wine cellar holds three thousand labels, mapped to a sommelier with full Champagne and Bourgogne authority. The list reads like a Parisian three-star — because the sommelier was poached from one.
The Private Island option
Beyond the regular property, Cheval Blanc Randheli also lets the Private Island — a separate three-bedroom estate with its own jetty, dhoni, dive centre, and chef's team. For full-island bookings, the Maison closes the regular F&B circulation around the Private Island to give it absolute discretion. It is the only Maldives buyout where the parent property continues to operate normally for the rest of the guest list — most others require an entire property closure.